Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 31, Number 160, Decatur, Adams County, 8 July 1933 — Page 1

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Sator mayor fcIVES WORD oil FLOOD WORK jgjg - nd ana Congressman Spiling Data on Local ■ flood Control m I) LIVE WORK Ko | \EM PLOYED I Major George Krick has L'piAd an inquiry from Mrs. firaiia E. Jenckes, congressLma’ from Terre Haute, L>3>' !r- upmion as to how K..n could be employed fr, nkr flood control work llcnflthe Wabash and W hite |X)i-dimr to ’he message v the congresswoman, government will ex ooo.oou on flood control Wabash and White |reS: this s< ion of the state. ~ i,.. sev- . i niployed men put jo »,.I on the projects. f Just Low many jobless of this eoiuit' r district would be given d.-tiiiitely W today, but it is believed a number would be considproposed measure provides portioning the work to be » unemployed in the various s of the state, but a definite t i to how this is to be done, ; yet been announced, resswoman Jenckes Is tnaklorough canvass of the state ermine how the proposed tntrol project would aid inI recovery in Indiana, to itent unemployment would iced and what loss of lite mage to property along the i and White rivers, would 1 nanently prevented, congresswoman will submit prehensive report to con-: covering all of the above' It such a plan could be worked nit ■would probably change the tatliot t:> t.n Wabash river redgi case, which improvement as Sen ordered by Special Judge Jj«ry Kister of Princeton. Adams aunt; has carried the decision to he Siipreme court. The improve(CONDNIEI' ox page: FOUR) ■ -o Today’s Scores AMERICAN LEAGUE K First Game fesbnd 000 001 100—2 10 1 Mhgton 010 020 30x—6 11 1 For ell and Myatt; Crowder and Second Game ileveiind Washington Hiiebrand and Pytlak; Whitetill Ad Sewell. L First Game !hicag 3uo 001 000— 4 12 1 Hiiiilphia 000 820 OOx—lo 16 2 i-yor and Grube; Gain and Second Game Bk> 020 11 elphia 100 04 |ory and Beery; Earnshaw adjeski. 110 200 0 WO 001 0 Msruerry and Hayworth; Allen eWDckey. t. Louis no 010 100—4 9 O 000 000 010— I 8 3 and Shea; Johnson and NATIONAL league First Game pl * lphia ° l ° 110 014—8 14 1 231 000 001—7 13 1 and Davis; Swift and “'ctnii h. Second Game ri ' ; aa slphia qqo Mgtrgh 000 on an o Davis; Smith and nu, X° rk 000 0 h ' c ’< 200 0 and Mancuso; Bush 201 oo 110 00 and Hogan; Frey and rd I. QOO luis 000 8«. Lopez; Dean, Wilson. 8( -'ores arp furnished! the courtesy of the City I W tlcw . Phone 16.)

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* Report Os Local Man’s Death False I * «, Someone started the report this morning that Willard Steele, wealthy land owner and builder of Steele's park, east of Decatur. I was dead. The rumor spread and finally the Dally Democrat made an investigation. The reporter found i Mr. Steele working at the park, feeling fit as a fiddle and at eleven o’clock had done more than a day’s job, going to work about four this morning. Mr. Steele no doubt wanted to express himself as Mark Twain did under similar circumstances, when the famous humorist received a message stating a friend had been Informed of his death. Twain replied. "The report is greatly exaggerated.” o JOHNSON URGES HIGHER WAGES Rapid Price Rise. Output Increase W orry Administration Officers Washington, July B.—(U.R) Two main worries have thrust themselves up before busy administration officials directing the recov-1 ery drive. One is the rapid rise of prices. The other is the rapid increase in output. x Energies at the week-end were largely concentrated on these two situations. As to prices, the administration still has a long way to go in its drive to lift them up to normal. They are now about one third below the 1926 level, which is the general target. But the administration does not want to see this climb taken all in one leap. That would make it impossible for persons still on depression wages and salaries to buy goods General Johnson and his recov- 1 j ery administration are driving to get wages up. It is slow work. The national, industrial administrator is issuing blunt warnings that unless wages and people are put back to work through shortening of hours, they will not be able to buy. I If they can't buy, goods will pile up in factories and on store shelves. Then there will be another collapse. General Johnson shudders to think what would happen if that should occur. Failure of this effort would not bring back the old system, according to the view of many here. General Johnson says that if the last collapse brought about the ' present attempt at government direction the I .ord only knows what another collapse would bring about. ! (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR) $5,512.90 In Stamps Sold By Treasurer County Treasurer John Wechter has sold $5,512.90 of stamps for . placing on intangibles, according to a report made by Miss Alice Lenhart, deputy treasurer. The sale has dropped off since the first of the month, the final date for placing the stamps on iutangi--1 bles, except in the cases of banks. At 25 cents per hundred, the amount that must be placed on intangibles, the amount received for stamps represents holdings of intangibles in this county of more than $2,250,000.00. At the end of the year the stamp tax is disbursed among the local taxing i units. Erwin Automobile Recovered Friday The automobile owned by Mrs. ; Dan Erwin of 328 Mercer avenue, which was stolen from the garage at her home at 2 o'clock Fi iday morning was recovered several hours later at the South Ward baseball diamond on Studebiker street. One fender was bent on the car. presumably when the thieves ran into a treie while backing Hie auto out of the garage. No other damage i to the car was reported. o — Municipal Swimming Pool Open Sunday The municipal swimming pool j will be open during the r gular ' hours Sunday afternoon. W. Guy I Brown announced today. The pool : i has been thoroughly cleaned this, week and will be ready for the j crowds Sunday.

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SCHOOL CITY IS I FACING DEFICIT OF OVER $6,000 At Least Eight ( ity Teachers H ill Be Put On Half- i Time Schedule REVENUE TOTAL MIGHT GO HIGHER At least eight teachers in the 1 Decatur schools will be placed on half-time schedules during the 1933-34 school'year, M. F. Wor'liman. city superintendent of schools stated today. "The school city is facing a deficit of $6,360, if a nine month’s I year is follow d." Mr. Worthman s'ated. "At least eight of the teachers will be placed on halftime schedule for the first semester and Ibis may have to he j increased to 12. if it appears that j we will not have sufficient funds ■ to pay the teachers," the school ! superintendent announced. , The eight teachers who will bo j placed on half time schedules for the first semester are: Lowell Smith, history and geography, fifth and sixth grades; Edward Jaberg. history and reading, fifth and sixth grades: Eleanor Pumphrey. reading and science, fifth and sixth grades; Burchard Horton. arithmetic, seventh and eigh'h grades: Mary Kathryn Schug. arithmetic, fifth and sixth grades; Electa Oliver, language, fifth and sixth grades; Dean Dorwin. history and English, high school; Jeanette Clark, physical training. Mr. Worthman stated that a plan might be worked out placing the eight teachers on full time schedules for the second semester and that the board hoped it would 1 not be necessary to place more of them on the part time schedtho Mr. Worthman explained that the school board in estimating its ' revenue for the 1933-34 school year in the tuition fund did not take into consideration any extra funds that would be received from the excise or intangible taxes. The estimates made by the board follows: Receipts Revenue from local tax levy $19,464.00! Township transfers 4,450.00 | (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) TWO LOCAL MEN ARE NOTIFIED Winifred Gerke, Nathan Nelson Receive Notice Os Appointments T legrams have been received by Winifred Gerke and Nathan Nelson from U. S. Senator Frederick Van Nuys that they will be nam'd appraiser and attorney for the Home Loan Mortgage corpora-, tioi in this county. Mr. Gerke will be the appraiser and Mr Nelson will be the attorney for the local unit of the corporation. Tl. y w re both recommended by Congressman James I. Farley of Auburn, subject to the approval of the senate. The m® have not received any information as to th- duties of their office or when the work will start. Many inquiries have been received i by them relative to obtaining loins and when the government gets the : legal and financial machinery work-i ! ing. many home owners in this i county are expected to make appli- ■ cations for loans. I Tire government provides tw’O] I loan plans, one up to 8b per cent of i ' the appraised value, payable in bonds and the other up to 40 per j i cent of the appraised value of the property payable in cash. Many From Here At Willshire Friday — Willshire. Ohio, July s (Special) This place had ma' y visitors FriIday night, it being the first day that ' i draught or keg beer went on sale i at five cents a glass. Harry Nye. who operates the only place in Will- j I shire selling 3.2 'keg b er did a"rushing business for several hours. Mei: from Decatur and other places in i Indiana along the Ohio line came j her- to guzzle the amber fltiid. There was no disorder. Hoosiers can buy beer only in bottles and irnny beer drinkers prefer theirs drawn from a keg.

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, July 8, 1933.

Woman Heads N. E. A. ' " k i ’ /■’X • -i a » I mmi , , i 7 4-’ r' ( '' Miss Jessie Gray, school teacher of Philadelphia, who was elected president of the National Education Association Friday at Chicago, where the association is holding its annual convention. Miss Gray has been active in N. E. A. organization work for twelve years. She is shown here as she was congratula'ted by Professor A. R. Hatto.i of Northwestern University.

HAM BAKER NAMED JANITOR Will Be Janitor At South Ward School, Succeeding Cliff Lee Harve M. Baker of North Sixth street has been employed as jani-. tor at th South Ward school building, succeeding Clifford Lee, who died last M iv 22, M. F. Worthman, superii t-ndent of city schools announced today. Six janitors will be employed in the city schools this yea r . Tit-re will be two at the high school building, one at Central and one at each of three Ward buildings. Jai.iitor's salaries have been reduced front 17 to 31 percent., Mr. Worthman stated. Salaries to be paid janitors will range for st>o to . SIOO a month. The former scale was front soo to $l3O a month. Wherejanitors have boilers to look after, they will be paid SIOO a month and in mid-winter extra help will pro- 1 bably be employed at a few of the buildings. Mr. Worthman in announcing the , selection of Mr. Baker to fill the vancy pt the South Ward building, stated th- school board had 53 applicants for the place, including a college graduate. The janitors will begin their .service about Sept mber 1. getting the buildings in shape for the opening of school on Sep temlrer 5. TWO SUSPECTED OF KIDNAPING “Pretty Boy” Floyd, And Verne Sankey Suspects In Factor Case Chicago, July B—(U.R) —Two of the west’s most feared desperadoes, Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd and Verne Sankey, are suspected in the kidnaping of John (Jake the Barber) Factor, the United ■ Press learned today. At the same time it was disclosed that negotiations for Factor’s return, Conducted secijtetly since I he was abducted a week ago this morning, have collapsed entirely. The sensational return in the eight-day old case came as Jacob Arvey, Moe Rosenberg and A. L. Epstein, who was with Factor when he was abducted from a Northside roadhouse. admitted that their efforts to obtain his release were futile. It was understood they would withdraw from the case. Future negotiations will be con ducted by William "Red" Cohen, brother-in-law of Factor and for-

County And Decatur Receive Over $2,200 Adams county and city of De- ■ catur have received more than $2,200 from the State Excise de- ’ partment, representing license ' tees and beer lux collected by the | state. Adams county has received $350, representing two payments, one for $l5O and the oilier for S2OO. The City of Decatur received one check for $1,751 and one for S9B. a total of $1,852. The money is placed in the general funds. There has not been any division of the licenses and beer tax collections among the school units so far. This distribution will be made later. HOPE TO AVOID LABOR TROUBLE Desire To Avoid Disturbances Reason For Speeding Codes Washington. July S—(U.R) —A desire to avoid labor disturbances is one of the reasons behind the pressure being exerted to bring industries within the national recovery act as speedily as possible, it was learned today. * Dr. Alexander Sachs, head of the industrial administration’s research department, cites the I shopme >’s strike of 1922 as an example of the type of labor disputes likely to arise when a na- ■ tion is groping its way out of hard tunes. Bringing industries under codes of fair competition would t avert i this danger, since the codes must ; guarantee the right of collective bargaining. Long delays in ntakI ing the codes operative' would : increase the probability of clashes i between capital and labor, ac- | cording to the feeling entertained by those associated with the re--5 covery movement. Administrator Hugh Johnson emphasized that the government intends to see that all labor, orga- ■ nized and unorganized, "gets a square deal." But he reiterated that the industrial administration ' does not propose to act as an '•(CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) — o Ex-Soldiers Invited To Attend Fish Fry AU ex-soldiers are itvited to attend the fr-e fish fry given by Adams post i; umber 43 of the lAtnerican Legion at the Decatur Country Club Monday night following the regular post meeting. All members are urged to attend this meeting as nominations for post offices will be closed at this i meeting, with election scheduled . tor MoMnday, July 24.

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GOLD STANDARD NATIONS REACH AN AGREEMENT Seven European Nations Agree To Form Definite Gold Bloc TO PERMIT FREE GOLD MOVEMENT Paris, July B.—<U.R> Seven gold standard nations of Europe, holdi ing half the world's gold, today reached complete agreement to form a definite gold bloc until monetary normalcy has been restored. The nations - France. Italy, Belgium, Holland. Switzerland. Poland and Czechoslovakia—are pledged under the agreement to do noth- ! ing to prevent normal movement of gold between themselves for the balance of payments. French financial experts anticipate that the non gold n itions including Great Britain. United States, Japan, Argentina. Brazil. Chile, South Africa. Canada, India. NewZealand. and Ireland would form a counterbloc rallying perh.ips 25 nations for a unit defense of monoI tary interests. General principles of the gold bloc formed today at a meeting held at the Bank of France were laid down as follows: 1. To maintain equilibrium of the balance of payments. , 2. To do nothing to harm free movement of gold and tlie normal (CONTINUE® ON PAGE TWO) 0 TWO HUNDRED NOW EMPLOYED Local G. E. Plant Will Operate Five Days During Next Week Tlie local pl.: t of the Gen ral ■Electric compnay will op rate five days next week. E. W. Lankenau. superintendent, stat d today. The plant did not operate list Tuesday on accou. of the Fourth of July and overtime was run on Wednesday. Thursday and Friday nights. The pl.ut also oporat'-d this morning. Twenty additional employes were recalled this week. Som- went to work immediately and others will start next week. With the increased force Mr. Lankonau believes that the overtime schedule will lie elimin ited. A total of about 220 men and wo men are now employed at the kwal plant. The force has been increased in number for several weeks and since the first of the year more than 150 people have been put to work. Orders for fractional horsepower motors are coming in from all parts of th? country and apparently a revival of business in lines demanding small motors is being enjoyed in many parts of the country. The present force at the local plant will be maintained as long as business keeps up. officials stated. McNOTT SPEAKS TO RAR MEMBERS Governor Addresses State Bar Members At Annual Banquet Lake Wawasee, Ind., July B.— (U.R) Equity courts as well as the legislature have power to relieve the mortgage foreclosure situation in Indiana. Gov. Paul V. McNutt told members of tlie State Bar j Association at their annual bani quet last night. His address brought to conclusI ion the two-day convention here. : “Equity courts can control forced liquidation of property by en- ■ tertaining foreclosure suits only to allow mortgages to collect income from the property involved," he explained. “Jurisdiction can be retained until more favorable real estate markets are realized." “Public interest demands that the courts exercise their power to effect moratorium in deserving : eases." ‘

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Damage Suit Filed Against Creameries John Mey r of Allen county filed suit in Superior court No. L Fort Wayne, yesterday against Daciel • Gerig, J. M. Gerlg and the Gloverloaf Creameries. Inc., for Injuries received in an auto accident, July I 7. 1931. Daniel Gerig was employed by I the (’lover)-af Creameries ?nd was drivi. g a Cloverleaf truck when the alleged accid'ent occurred at Moore's corner, four and one-half i miles northeast of Harlan. Meyer seeks SIO,(UH) personal damages and 1 $501) for damages to his car. RADIO SYSTEM NEAR REALITY Campaign to Raise Funds Started For State Police System Indianapolis. July 8. — (U.R) - A statewide policw radio system in ; Indiana was nearer a reality today with a campaign started to raise funds for its construction. Committees ot five representative business men will be named in manv counties to seek contribut tions. Appointment of technical and I finance committees from members . of various state business organizations will be announced next week. They will study plans drawn by a ■ radio engineer and estimate costs. The plans call for a central I broadcasting station in IndianapI oils connected by direct wire to b four broadcasting units, one in I each of the state’s four corners. State polite, sheriffs and city police would be tuned in to the stations. Al G. Feeney, state director ot I public safety, said the largest probi lem in gaining universary police; ’ help had been in e<iuii>ping sheriffs with receivers but that sheriffs | unanimously have promised him to • install receivers. He met here yesterday with tlie Bankers’ Association radio committee, and representatives of the Indiana Manufacturers’ Association. ' Indiana State Chamber of Com- “ merce, and the Indiana Farm Bu- . reau. Inc. He promised that the state will have a police radio system. "Indiana has accepted gangdom's challenge." he said. "It is imposs.‘CONTINUF® ON PACE TWO) I APPEAL COURT GRANTS TRIAL Officials of Defunct Real Estate Firm Given New Trial , Chicago, July B—<U.R8 —<U.R) —Tlie U.S. circuit court of appeals today • granted a new trial to five offiI cials of H. O. Stone & Co., defunct • real estate firm, who were given drastic sentences several months. I ago upon conviction of using the ■ mails in a scheme to defraud. I The circuit court found the i trial judge, Charles E. Woodward, had made two prejudicial errors in his conduct of the case. The defendants in the ease were Henry F. Northcott, president of i the defunct real estate firm, and four associates, H. D. Burnett. C. 1 p. Packer, W. Scott Carroll and I Leslie Neddham. They had received sentences of ' 20 years in the penitentiary and b $loj)00 fines. The opinion of the circuit court i was written-by Circuit Judge Will I M. Sparks with District Judge ! James H. Wilkerson and Circuit - Judge Samuel Alschuler concurr- ’ ing. ■ They ruled Woodward allowed i prejudice in failing to admit com-! t plete evidence of the transactions ' of the firm from 1921 to 1928 and - in failing to admit other defense testimony. Transient Kilted By Speeding Train ’ Kendallville, Ind., July B—(UP)8 —(UP) — ? Arthur B. Durk. 43, a transient on a speeding west bound New York Central passenger tr.ii: . was killed 1 ; istantly near Corunna, five miles east of her-, today when he was *■ swept off the tender as the train ’ took water on the fly. | The body was picked up from be- i I tweeni the tracks by C. E. Roust), I Engineer at the pumping station.

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COASTGUARDS AND PLANE ON WAY TO RESCUE Reports Indicate James Mattern Was Not Found Until July 5 COAST GUARDS OFFER TO HELP Washington, .lulv 8 *U.R) Tlie coast guard cutter N<>rth I a n d will pick up .lames Mattern, world fiver al Anadvr, Siberia, if it is requested to by Mattern’s wife, coast guard headtpiarters said today. ('.oast guard officials notified Mattern's wife todav that it would volunteer to render any further assistance necessary. The coast guard revealed to Mrs. Mattern some of tlie circumstances of Mattern's plane crash. Message Received San Francisco. July B—(U.R)--8 —(U.R) - - Further word of the safety of James Mattern, round the world flier missing in the arctic, was received in a message flashed to the coast guard station here today through the cutter Northland in the North Pacific, which intercepted the news from a Siberian radio station. The message road: "Flier Mattern on the 14:1) of June met accident eighty miles west of Anadir. Plane crushed to pieces. Matttern unhurt. On sth of July Mattern was found and brought to Anadir, where he is now staying." The message was in Russian and was translated by Alexander Mattison, dean of the Russian i Trinity church here, who said the pliraseology, 'Brought to Anadir, indicated the Texas aviator became lost in the rugged Siberian I <•( i r.trv after his plane crashed and was found by searchers id an exhausted condition. Plane To Aid Moscow. July S—«<U.RX A Snvit-t seaplane going to the aid of stranded Jimmie Mattern will fly to Alaska for new parts to repair Mattern's plane and permit him to continue his solo flight around ' the world if repairs are possible, the United Press learned today. If repairs are impossible and ! dispatches reporting that the ( motor of his plane was "wrecked" NUED GN PAGE FOUR) Check Received For County Share Tlie check for $17,762.01 for the county’s share of the state g isolime tax was received today by County Treasurer John Wechter. The check was credited to the lotinty highway fund, it represented payment for the last quarter. Condition Os Burt Lenhart Satisfactory E. Burt Uenhart, well known attorn -y and abstractor ot this city, will remain at Mercy Hospital, Chicago for about 10 weeks, mem- ' bers of his family stated this morning. Mr. Lenhqrt wil ita'ke electri- ! cal treatments at th"? hospital. His condition is very satisfactory and he hopes to return home within teci days or two weeks. The treatments are giv-n on tlie newest electrical machine invent ’d. Mrs. Lenhart and daughter Miss (Alice Lenhart retunned from Chicago yesterday. Brother, Sister Os Injured Girl Here Paul M. Shields and sister, Miss Nina Mae Shields of Greensboro, North Carolina, arrived in this city this morning to be at the bedside of their sister, Miss Jessie Shields, who is a patient at the Adams County Memorial hospital suffering from injuries received in an automobile accident. Monday, July 3. The accident occurred on state road 27, north of Decatur. Homer McCollum, driver of the car in which Miss Shields was riding together with Mrs. McCollum. Miss Cammie Gray and Richard Wells Causey, was killed instantly. Mr. Shields stated today that :he thought he would be able to remove his sister to her home the i first of the week. He wished to i thank the citizens of Decatur for the many favors shown his sister.